On Tue, 20 May 2008 01:01:14 -0700, mariposas rand mair fheal
<mair_fheal@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>In article <PDuYj.30451$1q4.29387@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Fallen
<fallen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>wrote:
>
>> DavidW wrote:
>>
>> > As I mentioned in another thread, I am new to BTVS. I am just coming
up to
>> > the
>> > end of season 2. I am thinking back to the episode with the other
slayer,
>> > Kendra. She turned up because Buffy had died, very briefly, earlier
on.
>> > This
>> > implies that when one slayer dies, another will soon replace her.
From the
>> > vamps' point of view then, there's no point in killing a slayer
unless that
>> > slayer is a particularly strong one like Buffy, since the replacement
is
>> > most
>> > likely not going to be as strong. Conversely, if the current slayer
is a
>> > particularly weak one, wouldn't it be in the vamps' interests to
protect
>> > her,
>> > since if they kill her the next one is likely to be stronger?
>>
>>
>> Yes, it would behoove a more intelligent vampire to try and
>> cripple/capture a slayer rather than kill one. However you'll soon
learn
>> not to think too hard about pretty much anything in Buffy as your brain
>> will melt :)
>
>i assume that one of the duties of a watcher
>is if his slayer is crippled but still alive
>that he will have to kill her to allow the next slayer to start
If the Slayer is still alive, they won't stay crippled. We've seen (minor
spoiler for DavidW) a Slayer recover completely from severe brain damage,
spinal injury, being gutted (all better the next day), and various other
injuries which would permanently cripple a normal human, Slayers may not
heal quite as fast as vampires, but the evidence suggests that they heal
even more completely. If they aren't killed, they recover.
--
.... and my sister is a vampire slayer, her best friend is a witch who
went bonkers and tried to destroy the world, um, I actually used to be
a little ball of energy until about two years ago when some monks
changed the past and made me Buffy's sister and for some reason, a big
klepto. My best friends are Leticia Jones, who moved to San Diego
because this town is evil, and a floppy eared demon named Clem.
(Dawn's fantasy of her intro speech in "Lessons", from the shooting
script)
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